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According to the Bali Times, a man has been forced to marry a cow (after being caught having sex with it): “The village of Yeh Embang in Jembrana has forced a young man said to have had sex with a cow to marry the animal in a cleansing ritual ceremony.” Sooo romantic. I bet many of the witnesses [...] This year, Nyepi falls on March 7th according to our Balinese calendar (March 8th according to Microsoft Outlook… I guess that calendar sharing thing still has a few glitches). Just in case you’re not familiar with the holiday, here’s what you need to know. Pronunciation Nyuh-pee.
Consequence Sorry, the island is closed today (March 7th, 2008). Please try again tomorrow. Background on the [...] Athina & I shot this video yesterday (uploaded to GoogleVideo): If you’re a complete masochist and need more fuel for your self-inflicting pain fantasies, you can download the Windows Media format file here: http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.wmv Or the MPG here: http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.mp4 Both files are around [...] Monday morning at Indonesia Export and we’re still working on getting one of the offices painted right… still looks less than perfect to me. The weekend was a breeze — hot and sunny. Didn’t do much except to sit around and wait for Mount Merapi to blow its top. Got a call on Sunday evening — a friend [...] I’ve been reading a lot of stuff about the proposed new pornography laws in Indonesia and, yes, I find a great deal of it disquieting. At the office, this topic has featured in five or six different lunchtime conversations and everyone does have an opinion. Last week, we went as far as to get ourselves a copy of the bill and I had it translated. Interesting reading to say the least. But why the broohaha? It’s a law. Indonesia doesn’t enforce them anyway. Pornography’s against the law (meaning the hardcore stuff) but you can get it pretty much anywhere. Continue reading Bali, Pornography & Public Morality
If I remember correctly, that was Alexei Sayle and “Ullo John, got a new motor?” And who said the Brits [...] |
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